Livermore Amateur Radio Klub

03/16/2019

Amateur radio blog. Review and tear-down of ham radios and antennas. Home-brew antennas, DXing, SDR, electronics.

02/21/2019

Greetings, MARCH 2019 LARK NEWS is on-line.

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http://www.livermoreark.org/news/lark1903.pdf

In March:



Ian W6TCP Repeater Update
Arnold KQ6DI APRS article
John WB6ETY Race to the Flagpole Report
Clay N5YJZ DX expedition to Honduras


New to LARK? The Member Profiles column is especially designed for you. To participate, please contact me via e-mail. Thanks, Jeana KK6KZT Lark News Ed.

Contributors: Your photos with captions, articles, and reports, are welcome and appreciated. L.N. is a collaborative creation. Submit to: [email protected].

Regular Features: President’s Message / Announcements / Events / Meeting Minutes / Monthly Calendar / Net Schedule / Member Contacts/ HRO Ad / LARK Application

Deadline to submit for next month’s publication is (generally) Midnight the Tuesday following Saturday’s General Meeting.

01/23/2019

Greetings, FEB 2019 LARK NEWS is on-line.

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http://www.livermoreark.org/news/lark1902.pdf

THIS MONTH:

Presentation report by Kevin K6TD
The Adventures of Karma-1
LARK SCANDAL
Oakland Marathon Volunteer Request
Your Daily Smile – Cat Poetry
Chinese Zodiac – 2019 Year of the Pig
New to LARK? The Member Profiles column is especially designed for you. To participate, please contact me via e-mail. Thanks, Jeana KK6KZT Lark News Ed.

Contributors: Your photos with captions, articles, and reports, are welcome and appreciated. L.N. is a collaborative creation. Submit to: [email protected].

Regular Features: President’s Message / Announcements / Events / Meeting Minutes / Monthly Calendar / Net Schedule / Member Contacts/ HRO Ad / LARK Application

Deadline to submit for next month’s publication is (generally) Midnight the Tuesday following Saturday’s General Meeting.

11/17/2018

As a reminder, the LARK meeting is this coming Saturday (17th November). The presentation for this month is a presentation by John, K6MM, on his experiences from the recent KH1/KH7Z DXpedition to Baker Island. It had been 16 years since the last KH1 activation. The team logged almost 70,000 QSOs in 9 days, working under rather harsh conditions near the equator. The Baker Island expedition was the first DXpedition to use the new “dxpedition mode” with FT8. More than 6,000 FT8 QSOs were logged.

10/29/2018

Greetings Lark Members – Happy Thanksgiving.

NOVEMBER 2018 LARK NEWS is on-line. Please click on active link below.

http://www.livermoreark.org/news/lark1811.pdf

NOVEMBER FEATURES:

Cycling for Vets Report
Wheels for Meals Report
Pacificon and Pacificon Swap Meet
Airport Appreciation Day
Remembering James Ferenz, Jr.
Small Talk Topics for the Thanksgiving Table
Regular Features: President’s Message / Announcements / Events Sign-Up Calendar / Meeting Minutes / Monthly Calendar / Your Daily Smile / Net Schedule / Member Contacts HRO Ad /Joining Form

Contributors: Your photos with captions, articles, and project reports, are welcome and appreciated. LARK NEWS is a collaborative creation. Send contributions and inquiries to [email protected]. Please make subject line: LARK NEWS.

NEW TO OUR CLUB?Member Profiles is especially designed for you! (Although we love featuring our long-time members too, so really, it’s for everyone.) This column is anywhere from half a page to two pages which is All About You, to share with Us, your LARK family. The 4 classic interview questions are: 1. How did you first get involved with Amateur Radio? 2. What do you like doing with LARK? 3. What are your future plans regarding Amateur Radio? 4. What is one of your mottos for life? And, if you’re game for it, there are lots more questions … look at previous L.N. issues to see what other interviewees did. Want to participate? Please contact me directly. Thanks, Jeana KK6KZT Lark News Ed. Deadline to submit for next month’s publication is Midnight the Tuesday following Saturday’s General Meeting. Exceptions made when possible.

Copyright © 2018 Livermore Amateur Radio Klub (LARK), All rights reserved. Lark Newsletter Email List Our mailing address is: Livermore Amateur Radio Klub (LARK)

10/19/2018

A flexible, powerful, and affordable digital transceiver for the Raspberry Pi. Jonathan Bradenburg, KF5IDY, shares with us his findings for using the Raspber...

09/27/2018

Chart of Electromagnetic Radiations

If you're into scientific antiques, you have to examine the details in this 1944 poster from the W.M Welch Scientific Company: "Chart of Electromagnetic Radiations." It was found tucked away in the back of an unused office years ago, but now hangs framed in a high-traffic hallway populated by Lawren...

08/24/2018

Greetings,
SEPTEMBER LARK NEWS 2018 is now on-line.
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September Features:

 SEMS Report by Ed Diemer
 Jeff Jones’ power point on his August presentation
 PPRR Report – George Moorehead
 CMDTRA Article- Larry Loomer
 Article by Gary NA6O
 BHRR Article – Mark Walsh
 Glossary on page 31 to define the TLAs, FLAs, and SLAs (3, 4, and 6 letter acronyms)

Regular Features: President’s Message / Announcements / Events Sign-Up Calendar / Meeting Minutes / Monthly Calendar / Your Daily Smile / Net Schedule / Member Contacts / HRO Ad /Joining Form

Member Profiles: All members are invited to be featured in Member Profiles, it’s anywhere from half a page to two pages which is All About You, to share with Us, your LARK family. Look at previous issues to get an idea of interview questions. If interested, please contact me directly, thanks. Jeana
Contributors: Your photos with captions, articles, and project reports, are welcome and appreciated. LARK NEWS is a collaborative creation. Send contributions and inquiries to [email protected]. Please make subject line: LARK NEWS. Thanks, Jeana KK6KZT

Deadline to submit for next month’s publication is Midnight the Tuesday following Saturday’s General Meeting. Exceptions are considered depending on circumstances, just let me know. Thanks.

07/26/2018

Greetings, AUGUST LARK NEWS 2018 is now on-line.
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This Month
 SEMS Training
 Oleh’s Expedition to the Cook Islands
 Digipeater Update
 Congratulations!
 Field Work Made Easy
 ARRL Field Day Photos
 ARRL Jim Siemons W6LK article
 ARRL Field Day Results
 Member Profiles: Var KM6TAB
 SSS Sumer Snake Safety

Regular Features: President’s Message / Announcements / Events Sign-Up Calendar / Meeting Minutes / Monthly Calendar / Your Daily Smile / Net Schedule / Member Contacts / HRO Ad /Joining Form
Contributors: Your photos with captions, articles, and project reports, are welcome and appreciated. LARK NEWS is a collaborative creation.
Send contributions and inquiries to [email protected]
Please make subject line: LARK NEWS. Thanks, Jeana KK6KZT
Deadline to submit for next month’s publication is Midnight the Tuesday following Saturday’s General Meeting. Exceptions are considered depending on circumstances, just let me know. Thanks.
Member Profiles: All members are invited to be featured in Member Profiles. If interested, please contact me directly, thanks. Jeana
Copyright © 2018 Livermore Amateur Radio Klub (LARK), All rights reserved. Lark Newsletter Email List Our mailing address is:

07/20/2018

Here's your chance to burn some clouds.

06/25/2018

Greetings 2018 Field Day Participants and readers of LARK NEWS …
Would you like to share your Field Day results in LARK NEWS? Please use this format for consistency. Please use Arial font, 12 pitch when responding, and send me your comments in the text format I have given as an example, NOT bulleted, this will require too much space.

Essential information:
1. Name
2. Call Sign
3. Number of contacts made
4. On what frequency
5. Time operating (approximate)
6. Locations reached

More detail if you wish:
• Most interesting contact and why
• Difficulties experienced and how you overcame them, or didn’t
• Other comments (please be succinct)

Example of how a brief entry might look:

Pablo Picasso, PP6ART. Total contacts 200 on 2 meters over 6 hours on Sat. Reaching stations in Madrid, Barcelona, and Valencia, Spain and Lisbon, Portugal.

Please consider doing this while your data is handy and it’s fresh in your mind. The official deadline is July 23, to be included in August LARK NEWS. Send your FD Results to [email protected] and put LARK NEWS in the subject line.

Thanks, Jeana KK6KZT, LARK NEWS Editor